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Multi Format Digital HD
Video Cassette Recorder
Operating Instructions (Software)
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Model No. AJ- E
Before operating this product, please read the instructions carefully and save this manual for
future use.
VQT0F76
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Contents Menu screen transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 AUDIO IN CUE INPUT SELECT Turning on the power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 HOME menu displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AUDIO IN SET UP menu. . . . . . . . . . . . 55 AUDIO IN CH-MIX SELECT menu . . . . 58 HOME menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 AUDIO OUT menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 HOME SET UP menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 AUDIO O
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Contents SET UP menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 TEST IC CARD ERROR LOG INTERFACE SET UP menu . . . . . . . . 122 menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 PANEL SET UP menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 TEST IC CARD ERROR LOG PANEL SET UP (OP MAP REMOTE) MONITOR menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 PANEL SET UP (OP MAP LOCAL) Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 menu. . . . . . . . . .
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Menu screen transitions HOME F8 HOME SET UP AUDIO IN PCM INPUT AUDIO IN F6 SELECT AUDIO IN CUE INPUT F7 SELECT F8 AUDIO IN SET UP AUDIO IN CH-MIX F9 SELECT AUDIO OUT F7 AUDIO OUT MONITOR AUDIO OUT SET UP F12 F8 AUDIO OUT SET UP STATE F9 AUDIO OUT SDI ASIGN VIDEO IN STATE VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT HD VIDEO OUT HD SET UP F8 F12 F7 F9 VIDEO OUT SD SETUP F11 F11 LINE BLK CMPST VIDEO OUT SD F10 F7 VIDEO OUT SD SETUP STATE F12 F12 SDI F9 F10 VIDEO OUT CONVERT VIDEO OUT CONVERT F1 HD_TO_SD VIDEO OUT CONVE
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Menu screen transitions MULTI CUE F8 MULTI CUE SET UP ASSEMBLE MANUAL ASSEMBLE MANUAL ASSEMBLE F8 EDIT EDIT SET UP F12 ASSEMBLE AUTO EDIT ASSEMBLE AUTO EDIT F8 SET UP INSERT MANUAL INSERT MANUAL INSERT F8 EDIT EDIT SET UP INSERT MANUAL F12 F13 EDIT CH SELECT INSERT AUTO EDIT F8 INSERT AUTO EDIT SET UP INSERT AUTO EDIT F13 CH SELECT SET UP F1 HOME SET UP INSERT/ASSEMBLE F2 MANUAL EDIT SET UP INSERT/ASSEMBLE F3 AUTO EDIT SET UP F4 SYSTEM SET UP F5 TC/CHR SET UP F6 AUDIO IN SET UP AUDIO OUT SET UP
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Menu screen transitions TEST F2 RF F3 AUDIO F4 MECHA F5 SYSTEM F6 FRONT F1 TEST FRONT PANEL TEST FRONT KEY F2 CHECK IN F7 SERVO F13 IC CARD F1 USER F2 MULTI CUE F1 SELECT F3 MONITOR F3 ERROR LOG F2 MONITOR F1 DIAG F2 DIAG MASKED F2 F3 F3 DIAG LAST F1 – 6 –
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Turning on the power Turn on the power. « The HOME menu is displayed. F13 F12 F11 F10 F9 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 This VTR comes already programmed with menus that correspond to specific operating objectives, and the operations performed on each differ from one menu to another. When a menu is selected using a menu se- lection button, what appears on the display changes, and the function keys (F1 to F13) also implement the function corresponding to the respective menu items. SET UP menus are provi
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T HOME menu displays ∑ Audio signal display area (Either 8 or 4 channels will be automatically displayed depending on the format used.) Use this to adjust the level of the input audio signals on the AUDIO IN menu. Alternatively, it is used to adjust the level of the audio playback output signals on the AUDIO OUT menu. Press the L/R buttons to select the audio channel whose signals are to be output from the AUDIO MONITOR L/R connectors and HEADPHONES jack. These display the type of input signals
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HOME menu displays REF: This indicates the status of the output reference signal which has been selected by the VTR. HD REF59: HD REF with a field frequency of 59.94 Hz is selected. HD REF47: HD REF with a field frequency of 47.96 Hz is selected. HD REF48: HD REF with a field frequency of 48.00 Hz is selected. HD REF50: HD REF with a field frequency of 50.00 Hz is selected. SD REF59: The NTSC signal is selected as the SD REF signal. SD REF50: The PAL signal is selected as the SD REF sig- nal. HD
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HOME menu displays ∑ Setting mode display area The displays appearing in this area indicate the modes which have been set. CUT: Appears when the audio cut editing mode is set. XFADE: Appears when the audio cross-fade editing mode is set. VFADE: Appears when the audio V fade editing mode is set. INTRP: Appears when the time code interpolation mode (in which the time code cannot be read out accurate- ly) is established. DF: Appears when the drop frame mode is set. F1/F2: Indicates the field number
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HOME menu displays ∑ Setting the initial value for the time code (1) Press the center cursor key. The display now appears in reverse video. LTCR Center cursor key 00 : 00 : 00 : 00 (2) Press the center cursor key again so that the cursor is made to serve as a column cursor, and then use the number key to input the value. To set a letter from A to F in the initial value of the user bit, simul- 1 0 0 0 taneously press the F key and the corresponding number key (4 to 9). 0 0 0 LUBR F 9 10 : 00 :
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HOME menu displays ∑ Setting and checking the cue time (1) Press the center cursor key. The time code display now appears in reverse video. LTCR Center cursor key 10 : 00 : 00 : 00 Cursor key (2) Press the [ ] cursor key. 4 The cue time now appears in reverse video. LTCR 10 : 00 : 00 : 00 CUE TIME HM S F (3) Press the center cursor key again so that the cursor is made to serve as a column cursor, and then use the number keys to input the value. CUE TIME 0 0 4 1 0 00 H 41 M 07 S 04 F 7 0 4 (4) Pr
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HOME menu This menu is displayed by pressing the following key: HOME F13 F12 F11 F10 F9 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 [4]: Cassette tape in the 4-channel audio format. [8]: Cassette tape in the 8-channel audio format. (This display indicates the C bit pin position of the cassette tape.) If system format does not matched with the C bit pin position of the cassette tape, 4 or 8 display will flash to warn its miss-matching. – 13 –
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HOME menu Key Key designation Description F1 OUTPUT The mode opposite to the current one is established only while For selecting the this key is held down. (When the key is pressed during TAPE audio/video output signals. setting, the EE mode is established.) (If this key is pressed together with the F key, the display switches.) TAPE: Outputs playback signal. EE: Outputs the EE system signals. ≥Valid only in STOP, REC or EJECT mode. Invalid during playback. ≥This key does not operate during C
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HOME menu Key Key designation Description F8 SET UP Transfers the VTR to the HOME SET UP menu screen. F9–F10 —— F11 PREAD A° This is used during insert editing in the AUTO or MANUAL EDIT For setting audio pre-read mode when the already recorded digital signals are to be read in to ON or OFF advance and used as the editing source. To set the item to ON, (SD mode only) press the F together with the F11 or F12 key. To set it to OFF, press the F11 or F12 key on its own. When ON is selected as the se
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HOME menu ∑ Pre-read editing [Performed in the SD mode (480/59i or 576/50i) only.] (1) Set the pre-read function to ON by pressing the F key and F11 key (PREAD A) or F12 key (PREAD V) together. PREAD V ON PREAD A ON (2) Perform the connections for pre-read editing as shown in the figure below. (3) Proceed with pre-read editing in the desired insert editing mode. (4) Restore the original connections upon completion of the editing. (5) Press the F11 or F12 key to set the pre-read function to OFF.
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HOME SET UP menu This menu is displayed by pressing the following keys: HOME ) F8 OR SET UP ) F1 F13 F12 F11 F10 F9 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 – 17 –
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HOME SET UP menu Key Key designation Description F1 SYNC PLY Automatically compensates for the start initiated for the playback Sync play. mode. For instance, when the VTR is set to the playback mode from the preroll point, it synchronizes its own phase to ensure that the tape arrives at the IN point after the preroll time has elapsed. (The function takes effect only when the front panel controls are used for operation.) ON: Sync play function operates. OFF: Normal playback is assumed. F2 AT P
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HOME SET UP menu Key Key designation Description F9–F10 —— F11 PREROLL After pressing the F11 key, turn the ADJUST control. For selecting the preroll Selection can be made between 0 and 30 seconds. (Initial time. setting is 5 seconds.) F12 STILL Sets the stop/still (still picture) mode holding time. For setting the In order to protect the tape, the VTR is automatically transferred STOP/STILL (static frame) to the tape tension release mode (loosing) after a specific time mode holding time. has e
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HOME SET UP menu ∑ Reference OUT REF: This sets the video output signal reference. AUTO: When the REF VIDEO connector input sig- nal is available, the output reference is locked to REF VIDEO; when it is not avail- able, it is locked to the INPUT input signal. When neither the REF VIDEO nor INPUT input signal is available, the internal signal serves as the reference. Depending on the format, the sequence of priority is as follows: HD mode: HD REFNSD REFNINPUTNFREE SD mode: SD REFNHD REFNINPUTNF
